October 2017

Source: Industrial Minerals

From: USA

The deployment of renewable energy over the last decade has created unprecedented challenges for the planning and operation of power systems. Consequently, battery-storage technologies have attracted great interest, as they allow utilities and network operators to adopt a flexible and adaptable approach to managing the electricity grid, balancing supply and demand. In this article, Kurt Baes, Florence Carlot and Adnan Merhaba from Arthur D. Little, discuss battery storage and its part in the energy market solution.